Healthcare Assistant

**Healthcare Assistant job vacancy**:
**Job details**:
Job Ref
20777

Pay Rate (ph)
£12.00 - £14.00

Location
Stoke, West Midlands

Work Patterns
Full Time, Part Time, Days, Nights, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays,

Driver Required
No

**Job description**:
**Are you looking to expand your skills and enhance your career to include providing Complex Clinical Care or do you already have Complex Care experience?**

Apollo Home Healthcare are looking for dedicated and compassionate Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about their job, enjoy delivering one to one support and who can build positive relationships with our service users and their families.

Our service user resides within a supported living complex and requires care on both a 1:1 & 2:1 basis.

He enjoys playing games on his phone, listening to music, and watching films with his care team especially Sci-Fi.

Ideally, he would like a team that are tech savvy and able to support his day-to-day living. This could be anything from ordering his online grocery shopping to helping him use his 3D printer.

You will be there to encourage and support him with his social needs such as accessing the community or joining in activities within his supported accommodation.

At times, his verbal communication can become limited, and he will use his eye gaze to indicate his wants and needs. It is important that you can encourage and support him to continue communicating when this happens.

We offer full comprehensive training to support all our service users’ clinical needs but require your invaluable care experience to assist with social & personal care needs, medication administration and moving and handling requirements.

**Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team.**

**Essential Experience Required**
- 3 months previous care experience
- Personal Care
- Moving and Handling
- Medication Administration
- Clear communication skills

**Desirable Experience**
- Knowledge of Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
- Respiratory Awareness
- Ventilation Management
- Catheter Care
- Colostomy Care

**Shifts Available**
- Full Time / Part Time
- Days + Nights
- 8am - 5pm
- 10am - 10pm
- 9pm - 9am
- 2-5 shifts per week

**Take a look at our pay rates**

Weekdays : £12.00 per hour(£144 approx. per shift)

Weeknights : £13.00 per hour(£156 approx. per shift)

Saturday : £13.00 per hour(£156 approx. per shift)

Sunday : £13.00 per hour (£156 approx. per shift)

Bank Holiday : £14.00 per hour(£168 approx. per shift)

**This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user.**

**Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and we advertise a high volume of vacancies on behalf of our clients.**

**Due to the nature of the vacancies we recruit for, our clients have the right to request whether they wish for female or male staff to work on their team.**

**These specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation**

**Why work for Apollo Home Healthcare?**:
We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users.

We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this. In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

- Flexible hours to suit
- Confirmed rotas
- Excellent rates of pay
- Holiday pay
- Full clinical training
- Opportunity to work with other service users in the area
- Ongoing professional training and development